Kampko Vintage Sheet Music Shoppe

I have spent a lot of time this week looking through the online catalog of Kampko. They have vintage sheet music from the 1800s up through the 1980s. It is a great source for out of print music. I placed two orders and can't wait for them to arrive.

www.kampko.com

MusicReader software upgrade

The MusicReader software I use to display my printed music when I play is supposed to be releasing a significant upgrade this week. I have been waiting anxiously for it.

If you are interested, you get get more information at...
www.musicreader.biz

On a Little Street in Sinapore

When I heard a recording of an organ arrangement of "On a Little Street in Singapore" I thought it was a great tune but not like the arrangement. I have finally made a simple, yet haunting arrangement of it which I really like. Hopefully the people at Bristol Glen will like it.

Middletown Paramount

I drove up to Middletown, NY to hear John Baratta play the silent film, "Steamboat Bill" at the Middletown Paramount. He did a wonderful job and the organ sounds great. It is a 3/12 Wurlitzer and I was invited to go up and play it when our schedules could link up.

Oops...

I started learning classical organ pedal technique and my teacher suggested loosely binding my legs together with a belt. That worked great until the phone rang and I nearly killed myself trying to get it.

Christmas Music at Fair

Bristol Glen will be having its Christmas Fair this Saturday and they have asked me to play Christmas music from 9-11. Someone else will be playing from 11-1. Luckily I have been scanning Christmas music into my computer so I will have a large sample to play. It will be background music, not a concert, so 2 hours should not be a problem. I ran through most of my Christmas songs at home and it took 1 hour... playing the set twice will be okay... with a break in between for bathroom and whatever.

Transcribing King Kong March

I have had for a while the King Kong March (from the 1939 movie) but it is a very dirty copy. Just recently I started transcribing it into my music scoring program (Encore.) It is a fun project. As I go about entering each note, I can more thoroughly analyze the harmony.